| parallelism | 1. The state of being structurally parallel. 2. In psychology, the mind-body doctrine that for every conscious process there is a corresponding or parallel organic process, without asserting a causal interrelation between the two. Origin: para-+ G. Allelon, of one another, fr. Allos, other (05 Mar 2000) |
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| psychophysical | Of or pertaining to psychophysics; involving the action or mutual relations of the psychical and physical in man. <physiology> Psychophysical time, the time required for the mind to transform a sensory impression into a motor impulse. It is an important part of physiological or reaction time. See: Reaction. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |